By : Adel Shalaby
Fox Egypt News
Jada Pinkett
Smith Responds To Academy President's Statement On The Lack Of Oscars
Diversity!
Jada Pinkett Smith is thrilled to see the
Academy stepping up!
On Monday, the President of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences opened up about the upsetting lack of
diversity in this year's Oscar nominations.
Cheryl Boone Isaacs explained that she's
"heartbroken and frustrated," but is actually planning on making
changes that will hopefully prevent this from happening in the future!
Related: Alexis Arquette Claims Jada Is In The
Closet!
In fact, the Academy head even explained that
she'll be trying to switch up the elite group's membership, so that diversity
is better represented.
And the Gotham alum, who announced she'll be
boycotting the high-profile awards show, is loving Cheryl's new efforts!
The 44-year-old took to Facebook to respond to
her statement, saying: Read the rest of this entry ».
Whoopi
Goldberg Says Boycotting The Oscars Is A 'Slap In The Face To Chris Rock' —
Here's What She Thinks Of Hollywood's Diversity Problem!
The biggest discussion in Hollywood right now
is its lack of diversity, in the wake of the revelation that only white actors
were nominated for this year's Oscars!
This shocking repeat of last year has caused
stars like Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith to call for a boycott at this
year's ceremony — even 50 Cent pressured host Chris Rock to quit the event!
While Whoopi Goldberg made no mistake in saying
how she was upset about the Oscars' lack of minority nominees, she won't be
boycotting the award show out of respect to its host!
Related:
George Clooney Weighs In On The #OscarsSoWhite Controversy!
George
Clooney Weighs In On The Oscars' Lack Of Diversity Controversy — Says 'We're
Moving In The Wrong Direction'!
After the
Oscars revealed all 20 of its actor nominees were white, everyone from Jada
Pinkett Smith to David Oyelowo to even the President of The Academy of Motion
Pictures Arts & Sciences have voiced frustrations about the lack of
diversity in the prestigious institution.
Now, George
Clooney, the unofficial mayor of Hollywood, is adding his two cents — and he
agrees that "we are moving in the wrong direction."
Related:
Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Alum SLAMS Jada's Oscars Boycott!
Speaking to
Variety, the Oscar winner said he thinks the lack of minority nominees is
largely due to the little options minority actors have playing roles in
"quality" films!
Alexis
Arquette Attempts To Take Down Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith Amid Oscars
Boycott, Alleges Both Are In The Closet.
Alexis
Arquette has some pretty MAJOR accusations about Will Smith and Jada Pinkett
Smith!
On Tuesday,
the blonde beauty took to Facebook to rant about the Hollywood power couple,
seemingly in response to the Gotham alum's decision to boycott this year's
Oscars due to lack of diversity.
However,
instead of focusing on the awards show controversy in her post, the 46-year-old
targeted rumors about the longtime loves' sexualities!
Related:
Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Alum SLAMS Jada's Boycott!
The actress
even went so far as to say the precious pair's marriage is all a sham,
claiming: Read the rest of this entry ».
Chris Rock
Pressured By 50 Cent To Quit The Oscars Amid Growing Boycott — Plus, Snoop's
NSFW Oscar Message HERE!
The heat is
on for Chris Rock!
Celebs and
entertainers from around the industry are putting pressure on him NOT to host
the Oscars in February due to a lack of non-white nominees in major acting
categories!
This all
comes after actress Jada Pinkett Smith announced she was going to boycott the
Academy Awards, joining filmmaker Spike Lee who earlier made HIS decision not
to support the Academy in any way!
Related: Keep
Up With All The Oscar News HERE!
Rock himself
took a shot at the award show over the weekend, but joking about it isn't
enough for some.
Rapper 50
Cent is now specifically calling on Rock to step away from the ceremony!
In an
Instagram post on Tuesday morning, the Get Rich Or Die Tryin' rapper — who has
come under his own heavy IG controversy recently — calls out the comedian
(below): Read the rest of this entry ».
David Oyelowo
& Idris Elba Talk Lack Of Diversity In Hollywood — AND In The U.K.! See How
They Put The Academy & British TV On BLAST!
Last year, David
Oyelowo was arguably the biggest Oscars snub for not receiving a nomination for
playing Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma.
After it was
revealed that all 20 of this year's nominees were white, the Captive star has
joined other A-listers and put the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
on blast for lack of diversity!
Video: Fresh
Prince Actress SLAMS Jada Pinkett Smith Over Oscars Boycott!
At a gala
honoring Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs on Monday night, the 39-year-old
broke away from his prepared speech as he was presenting the president with an
award, saying: Read the rest of this entry »
Watch This
Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Actress SLAM Jada Pinkett Smith Over Her Oscars Boycott
Due To Lack Of Diversity!
Aunt Viv
throwing some shade!
Since the
announcement of the Academy Award nominees last week, several people have
spoken out about the EXTREME lack of diversity in the acting categories.
Jada Pinkett
Smith and Spike Lee have both publicly said they will be boycotting the Oscars
because of the blaring lack of diversity.
Related:
Academy Awards President Comments On Oscar Nominee Diversity
Well Janet
Hubert, who played the original Aunt Viv from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air but
was not liked by the cast and ultimately fired and replaced, felt she needed to
share her thoughts on the issue by calling Jada out!
Janet, who
has been known to get into it with Will Smith in the past, took to YouTube to
share a video where she rants about how it's ridiculous for Pinkett Smith to
ask people to boycott the Oscars saying:
"The second thing, girlfriend, there's a lot of s—
going on in the world that you all don't seem to recognize. People are dying.
Our boys are being shot left and right. People are starving. People are trying
to pay bills. And you're talking about some motherf—ing actors and Oscars. It
just ain't that deep."
Ch-ch-check
out the rest of Hubert's response (below) as she shades Will's wife pretty
hard! Read the rest of this entry »
The Academy
Awards President Comments On The Lack Of Oscars Diversity — Says She Is 'Both
Heartbroken & Frustrated'!
This is sure
to be inneresting.
On Monday,
the President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a
statement following Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith's call for a boycott of
the Oscars.
As we
previously reported, many A-listers were outraged after it was revealed that
all 20 of the acting nominees were white. Oof!
Photos:
Celebs With The Most Nominations & ZERO Wins!
In response
to the backlash, President Cheryl Boone Isaacs stated: Read the rest of this
entry »
Linda Perry
Apologizes To Lady GaGa For Saying She Didn’t Write Her Oscar Nominated Song!
Is it too late for Linda Perry to say she's
sorry?!
As we reported, the songwriter accused Lady
GaGa of not writing her Oscar nominated song Til It Happens to You, claiming it
was entirely the work of Diane Warren.
Related: Lady GaGa Channels Marilyn Monroe On
The Red Carpet!
Warren then defended the Poker Face singer,
saying The Hunting Ground tune was a "special collaboration" between
the two of them.
Fast forward to now, Perry is eating her words.
On Monday, Sara Gilbert's wife took to Twitter
to apologize to the American Horror Story star.
She wrote Read the rest of this entry »
Leonardo
DiCaprio Has A LOT Of Nominations But No Statue — Find Out What Other Stars
Have Lost The Most Oscars!
If anyone
deserves an Oscar this year, it's Leonardo DiCaprio.
The actor was
put through a LOT shooting Alejandro Iñárrito's epic The Revenant, like
sleeping in animal carcassas and eating raw bison liver — but NOT getting raped
by a bear!
This will be
the SIXTH time the Academy has nominated Leo for the most coveted award in Hollywood
— even Kate Winslet thinks it's time! And she let him drown one time!
The
41-year-old has been nominated for five acting awards — the first for his
supporting role in What's Eating Gilbert Grape at just 19 years old.
But Leo isn't
the only star who has been repeatedly nominated without ever taking home the
award…
Jada Pinkett
Smith WILL Boycott The Oscars This Year — Watch Her Passionate Video!
Well, it's
official!
Jada Pinkett
Smith pondered over the weekend whether she should boycott the Oscars after
#OscarsSoWhite started trending again, and now, she's stuck to her convictions
and she's following through!
Related: Keep
Up With All The Oscar News HERE!
The actress
revealed on Monday that she, just like filmmaker Spike Lee, will NOT be
watching or attending the Academy Awards when they take place on February 28.
Check out her
Facebook video (below) explaining why she wouldn't be taking part in any
Oscars-related events this year: Read the rest of this entry »
Lady GaGa's
Oscar Nominated Songwriting Partner Responds To Claims The Singer Doesn't
Deserve A Writer's Credit! Who Do YOU Believe?
That was fast!
Earlier
today, we reported that songwriter Linda Perry called Lady GaGa's involvement
in writing Til It Happens To You into question!
In a string
of shady Tweets, Perry questioned if the pop star really deserved to be
credited as a co-writer on the track — which scored an Oscar nomination for
Best Original Song last week — and claimed Diane Warren wrote all but a couple
words.
Related:
Leonardo DiCaprio Celebrates His Oscar Nod With A Mystery Bombshell!
While GaGa
has yet to belt out a response, Warren took to Twitter herself to defend The
Countess' credibility on writing the song for the haunting documentary The
Hunting Ground!
On Monday,
the eight-time Oscar nominee explained that the song was a special
collaboration between her and GaGa, sharing: Read the rest of this entry »
Rose Is
Campaigning For Jack To Win His Damn Oscar Already — See Why Kate Winslet
Thinks It's 'Going To Be Leo's Year'!
You tell 'em
Kate!
Once again,
Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated for an Oscar, this time for his most
recent flick, The Revenant.
While the
41-year-old has been nominated for Best Actor three times and Best Supporting
Actor once, he has never won.
Related:
Stars React To Their Movies Getting The Oscar Snub Treatment!
Well now it
looks like Leo might have some help as Kate Winslet is doing her best to ensure
a victory for her Titanic costar this time around!
Winslet, who
received a nomination for her role in Steve Jobs, spoke with BBC News at
Sunday's London Critics Circle Film Awards saying she's going to be cheering on
DiCaprio!
She revealed:
Read the rest of this entry »
Spike Lee Is
Boycotting The Oscars Over Lack Of Diversity — See His Passionate MLK Day
Message!
This will
send a message!
Spike Lee
announced Monday morning on his Instagram page that he is not going to be
attending the Oscars in February, due to the lack of racial diversity among
nominees in the acting categories at the awards show.
Related:
Chris Rock Calls Out J.Law Over Discrimination!
Of course,
Lee isn't the only one to comment about #OscarsSoWhite — actress Jada Pinkett Smith
has recently pondered a boycott, and even the show's host, Chris Rock, has
called out the Academy Awards for its whiteness.
But Lee's
post went even further, writing specifically he was going to avoid the show due
to the lack of diversity: Read the rest of this entry ».
Leonardo
DiCaprio & Ice Cube FINALLY Take Down Star Wars At The Box Office — But
Which New Movie WAY Underperformed??
You can't
stay number one forever!
After
spending four weeks at the top of the box office, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
fell to third place over the long Martin Luther King Day weekend.
Ride Along 2,
the buddy cop sequel starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, was the flick that
finally toppled the 2015 phenomenon, earning a solid $39.5 million and the top
spot.
Related:
Spotlight Took Home The Critics' Choice Award For Best Picture!
But Leonardo
DiCaprio's The Revenant wasn't far behind, riding the wave of award season —
and the 12 Oscar nominations it received last week — to $35 million.
The Force
Awakens ended up landing in third with a respectable $31 million.
Innerestingly,
Hart and Cube's followup — though successful — wasn't able to pull in the $41
mil that their original film made during its opening weekend in January of
2014.
Linda Perry
Blasts Lady GaGa's Oscar Nomination — Says She Didn't Actually Write The
Powerful Til It Happens To You!
Last week,
Lady GaGa scored an Oscar nomination for Til It Happens To You, the haunting
song she cowrote with Diane Warren for the documentary The Hunting Ground.
While no one
can argue that the track was powerful enough to score a nod for Best Original
Song, one critic is saying that GaGa shouldn't have got nominated for it —
because she barely wrote it!
Linda Perry,
who wrote hits like Christina Aguilera's Beautiful and Pink's Get This Party
Started, took to Twitter to drop some award season shade.
Jacob
Tremblay Melted Hearts With The Cutest Speech EVER At The Critics' Choice
Awards! See The Best Awwww-dience Reactions — In GIFS!
If you saw
Jacob Tremblay's speech at the 2016 Critics' Choice Awards, you were probably
all like "Awwwwwwww…"
And you
weren't the only one!
In fact, if
they made awards for Best Audience Reactions, we'd have a really tough time
deciding who should take home the statue!
Video:
Jacob's Costar Brie Larson Wins Best Actress At The Golden Globes
His totally
precious words won over everyone — but especially the ladies!
First, he had
to stand on his tip toes to reach the microphone.
#Oscars SoWhite
That Jada Pinkett Smith Is Considering A Boycott?! The Actress Had Some VERY
Strong Words For The Academy!
Wow!!!
Jada Pinkett
Smith did not hold back on Saturday night, tweeting her feelings out about the
Oscars' now increasingly controversial and public diversity problem.
Related:
Chris Rock Calls Out J-Law Over Discrimination!
The
44-year-old actress took to Twitter to reveal some very strong thoughts about
the awards show, and even considered a boycott!!!
What?!
#OscarsSoWhite
Even The Host Is Pointing It Out — Chris Rock Calls The Event 'The White BET
Awards'!
It's funny…
because it's true!
Chris Rock released
a quick promo clip for the Oscars on Friday evening, and since he's hosting the
show this February, you know he's going to have a lot to say about all the news
surrounding its total lack of diversity!
Related:
Chris Calls Out J-Law On REAL Discrimination!
Taking to
Twitter, the host called the show "the white BET Awards" in a tweet
posted alongside a promo vid, which you can check out (below)
Anne Hathaway
Comes To Jennifer Lawrence's Defense Following Backlash From Golden Globes Joke
We guess
people are still talking about that Jennifer Lawrence joke at the Golden Globes.
In case you
missed it, on Sunday the Best Actress in a Comedy winner called out at a
reporter for being on his phone while talking to her during the press
conference. The 25-year-old actress was heard telling the man:
"You can't live your whole life behind your phone, bro.
You can't do that, you've got to live in the now."
The reporter
dug himself an even deeper grave when he brought up the Oscars — to which the
Joy actress quipped:
"We're
at the Golden Globes. If you put your phone down, you'd know that."
Stars React
To Their Movies Getting The Oscar Snub Treatment — See What They Had To Say!
Where's the
love?!
Every year
when the Oscar nominations are announced, there are some actors or actresses
and films that don't get the love they deserve. This year proved no different
when the nominees were announced yesterday morning.
Related:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, & More Stars React To Their Oscar
Nominations!
While we had
out own list of snubs, some Hollywood stars have come forward and voiced their
opinions that their movies deserved more love than they got from The Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Despite being
nominated, both Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Jason Leigh came forward to
express their shock and share their thoughts on their flicks not being being
recognized in more categories!
Fassbender
revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that he felt the
screenwriter of Steve Jobs, Aaron Sorkin, — who won the Golden Globes for Best
Screenplay — deserved to be recognized.
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